C2 HDI's

[Extra77]

Howdy

Just wondering, Trying to research into the C2 HDI Furio's, Does anyone have any knowledge of the common faults etc I know to stay well away from the senso drive models as these has tenancies to break allot. That will force us (this is for the Miss's and she ONLY likes C2 Furios) to get a 05 plate onwards as this is when the Manuals were released in the Furio HDI range.

Tried to tell her to get something other than C2 but that’s like talking to a wall She has a T reg Clio 1.2 and does a 90mile round trip for work so she needs a diesel.

Any input is greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks

 

[Extra77]

TW

Thanks for the Info, any idea of what magazine had this info????

As i said, its for the Miss's, she does not like anything other than c2's and especailly not big cars !!!

You dont need a Huge car to do motorway miles, I have a clio diesel myself and do around 25k - 30k miles a year and it performs great on motorways etc !

 

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Define "great", because i'm pretty sure that by most people's definitions, a diesel clio is not a "great" motorway cruiser.

If she is doing 90 miles commute per day then I'd want to be in a little more comfort than a C2 (up until last week I did an 80 mile commute in a saxo), sure it "did" the miles, but it wasn't in comfort compared to something larger and better specified.

Great as in, economical, small and nippy (same torque as the 2.0 182) extremly good for my job as i do allot of motorway and town work.

Anyways, to the point I only asked a question about if there are any known issues with the C2 HDI's, I didnt ask for a slagging off, Of my car.


Oh and Once again. She only likes small cars, When a woman has made her mind up, there isnt any going back !!!

TW, Ive done my daily routes in a fair few cars, Rover coupe, Honda Civic, Focus and a Mondeo, But bigger cars Just dont *Do* it enough for me to warrent buying another car. Im happy with what I have, It suites my purposes really well.

So, Is there any known issues with the engines or are we just going to **** off small cars all day lol

 

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I'm more than happy to **** off small cars

Big cars for the win!

Seriously though, the HDI engines are pretty sound, we've got a 1.6 110 and a 2.0 90 in the family and both have performed admirably with no problems whatsoever.

The C2 is odd, they only put the 70bhp version of the 1.4 HDI. The C3 has both the 92bhp version and the 70bhp, both get similar MPG, but the lower powered C2 one looks a tad slow.

Cheers for the info, what sort of MPG do they appear to do, I know about the low bhp but her comments were, "Im only sitting on a motorway at 70mph for 90% of my driving so why do i need loads of power" which is quite understandable !

 

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Becuase when everyone slows down and then speeds up again, something which happens all the time on the Motorway, you don't really want to be stuck hanging around as your car takes years to get back to cruising speed.

She drives at like 3am in the morning (air hostess), I cant really see any stopping / slowing down. can you

This forum is great, ask a question and no one thinks to answer it, well except richolmes72 who was more to the point !!

Nevermind, Ill go to a more helpful forum. Mods, Delete the thread if you like.

 

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You mean you didn't get the response you were looking for, and no-one has tried to blindly convince you that spending an extortionate amount of money on a badly built french hatchback is a good idea? There is a reason.

As said, the petrol is a better buy, as the diseasle isn't any more economical. Sounds to me like your just trying desparately to find an excuse to not convice your girlfriend that she really needs to stop being so stubborn.

But "cést la vie" if waste your money is what you want to do, by all means go and do it. If you are that desparte to own a C2, try and get a decent engined one like the GT (don't go for the VTR as it has the dire semi-auto box) especially seeing as she wants to take it on the motorway.

Actually no, you cheeky get. Because if you looked at the question I asked anyways """Does anyone have any knowledge of the common faults etc I know to stay well away from the senso drive models as these has tenancies to break allot """

I didn’t ask for any opinions on the car, I asked for any known / common faults that are not for the senso drive range!! AND because no one really was answering my question and was just slagging off small cars. Just because some people prefer bigger cars, that does not mean to say it has to be someone else's opinion.

So, Ill go elsewhere and get some helpful information on the question I ORIGONALY asked.

As the thread is obviously making No prgress I said it may aswell be deleted.